Recovering Old Age — The New Atlantis
The test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. As the outbreak of coronavirus spread this past spring, the world of biomedical ethics exploded with journal articles, consensus statements, and blog posts arguing over the proper criteria for rationing ventilators and other scarce medical resources. The flashpoint came from some of the earliest pandemic guidelines, which appeared to promote discrimination against the elderly — the most likely to die from the disease. In a widely cited statement, published online in the New England Journal of Medicinein late March, bioethicist Ezekiel ...
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